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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Child and adolescent mental health in South Africa
Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Volume 24, No. 2, Year 2012
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Description
Mental health problems in childhood and adolescence pose a major threat to public health. Epidemiological studies in high, middle and low income countries indicate that approximately one in five children and adolescents suffer from a mental disorder. In many instances these persist into adulthood. In South Africa, HIV infection, substance use, and exposure to violence increase vulnerability to mental disorders. Child and adolescent mental health services play a key role in reducing the burden of mental disorders in childhood and later in adulthood. This paper focuses on service needs for children and adolescents in South Africa. It commences with a discussion of the prevalence of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders after which the legal and policy context of child and adolescent psychiatric services is described. A framework for child and adolescent mental health service provision is presented, following which steps for reducing the extent of unmet service need are considered. The paper concludes with a call to scale up child and adolescent mental health services in South Africa, based on the stark realities of unmet need and the constitutional rights of children and adolescents to appropriate mental health care. © 2012 Copyright NISC Pty Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Flisher, Alan J.
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Norway, Bergen
Universitetet I Bergen
Dawes, Andrew R.L.
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Kafaar, Zuhayr
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University
Lund, Crick
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Sorsdahl, Katherine R.
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Myers, Bronwyn J.
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
South Africa, Tygerberg
South African Medical Research Council
Thom, Rita G.M.
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand
Seedat, Soraya
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University
Statistics
Citations: 96
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.2989/17280583.2012.735505
ISSN:
17280583
e-ISSN:
17280591
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health
Mental Health
Substance Abuse
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
South Africa